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In article <1535@tivoli.UUCP> aqn@tivoli.UUCP (Andy Nguyen) writes:
>  Can one of you please provide a reference for this claim that Head Start
>  is "pointless" and "wasteful" and "rediculous" [sic]?  All that I have
>  read/seen about Head Start indicated that it is highly successful.
>  Even Bush has promised to allocate more funds for Head Start.  (Could it
>  be election year shenanigan?  Nah!)

Under Head Start, costs have risen 1400%.  Teen pregnancy, high school
drop outs, drug addiction, crime, etc. have also all risen.  These were
all social ills that Head Start was supposed to correct.  Similiar
negative results are seen with AFDC, Food Stamps, Welfare, etc.  The
common theme is that if you permit people to become dependedent on the
government for assistance, they will forget how to make it on their own.

This is the problem that Head Start causes, and it shows - within one
year of leaving Head Start, a child from that program is indistinguishable
from a child of similiar circumstances that didn't have access to Head
Start.  I've read articles that indicate that the Head Start child will
continue to decline relative to the non-Head Start child, until eventually
Head Start is a detriment to children.

There was an excellent article in the Conservative Chronicle which detailed
the problems with Head Start.  Unfortunately I've not built my database of
articles yet, so I can't give you any more information.  If you'd like to
subscribe and get the straight dope on Head Start and other failed liberal
programs, you can contact the Conservative Chronicle at (800) 888-3039.
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